Two years ago when Amateur Traveler had an episode on Iceland. Iceland had long been on my bucket list — stories of Vikings, rugged shores and volcanoes had been on and off my [...]

Downtown Reykjavik. The Hallsgrimkirkja, a Lutheran denomination church, is the national cathedral of Iceland. It’s architecture has evoked basalt columns (so common on the island) in it’s construction. The church sits on [...]

Skogafoss is one of the most beautiful waterfalls in Iceland. The drop is in excess of 200 feet.

Eruption of the Strokkur geyser. It was a matter of luck that I caught the large bubble of hot water erupting from the ground just as it burst to begin the formation [...]

David Grenewetzki won the May Photo contest at the Amateur Traveler. The theme of May’s contest was “Sense of Scale”. “This is a panoramic photo (stitched together from 13 individual shots) of [...]

The Amateur Traveler talks to Dave Grenewetzki about his recent trip to Iceland. Taking advantage of the weakness of the Icelandic economy Dave and his family drove the ring road around Iceland [...]